Tigers roll to 5-0

MARENGO — The Iowa Valley Tigers football team cruised to a 70-16 win over English Valleys Friday night.

The win put the Tigers also at 3-0 in 8-player District 6 play and one step closer to a District title.

“We came out and did what we needed to do,” Iowa Valley head coach Casey Krull said.

“We had a lot of guys step up this week with some guys dinged up here and there, so it was really good to see those guys play at a high level.”

It took no time for the Tigers’ offense to get rolling as they scored on their first three offensive snaps of the game — a Nolan Kriegel 50-yard run, a 67 yard receiving touchdown from Kriegel to Owen Bral and a 36 yard run from Layne Peska.

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Just like that, it was 24-0.

The Tigers’ defense forced two straight punts and a turnover on downs as the Bears offense struggled to get anything going.

The fourth offensive snap was not a touchdown for the Tigers, but it began a 72-yard scoring drive that ended with an 18-yard passing touchdown to Caleb Haack.

A pick-six from Carter Hassebroek put the Tigers’ defense in the scoring column in the second quarter.

Haack added another receiving touchdown from 26 yards out to make it 48-0 at halftime.

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English Valleys’ Everett Bender returned a kickoff for a touchdown late in the half for the Bears, but the play was called back on a block-in-the-back penalty.

With the Tigers up by more than 35, the running clock was on for the entire second half.

The first snap of the second half was another touchdown run from Peska, this time from 55 yards out.

After that, the Tigers rolled out their second stringers at many positions.

Chance Hoyt added a score from 35 yards out on the ground which made it 62-0 in the third quarter.

The Bears got on the scoreboard via the legs of Braydon Anderson as he ran it in from 38 yards late in the third.

Another kickoff returned for a touchdown was called back on the Bears due to a penalty late in the fourth.

After the penalty, the legs of Anderson helped the Bears drive down the field and score one more time — on a one-yard fun from Teagan Mast.

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The Tigers have a bye week coming up. With the team dealing with a few injuries, it comes at a good time.

“The bye week is at the right time for us,” Krull said. “Hopefully we can get guys healthy and recovered.”

The Tigers have a lot confidence heading into their next game against Winfield-Mt. Union.

“I think the win against WACO earlier in the season gave our guys a lot of confidence and showed that if we play at a high level, we’re capable of a lot of great things,” Krull said.

The Bears fell to 1-3 on the season and will play Winfield Mt. Union Friday.

Iowa Valley 70, English Valleys 12

(AT MARENGO)

EV IV

Rushes-yards 34-120 22-313

Comp-att-int 2-9-1 4-5-0

Passing yards 4 124

Total yards 124 427

Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0

English Valleys 0 0 8 8-16

Iowa Valley 24-24-15-8-70

IV— Nolan Kriegel 50 run (Kriegel run)

IV— Owen Bral 66 pass from Kriegel (Kriegel run)

IV— Layne Peska 36 run (Kriegel run)

IV— Caleb Haack 18 pass from Kriegel (Kriegel run)

IV— Carter Hassebroek 18 interception (Kriegel run)

IV— Haack 26 pass from Kriegel (Hassebroek run)

IV— Peska 55 run (Ian Smith run)

IV— Chance Hoyt 35 run (Hassebroek run failed)

EV— Braydon Anderson 38 run (Drew Fisher run)

IV — Brahn Hawkins 25 run (Pedersen pass to Long)

EV — Teagan Mast 1 run (Mast run)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing — English Valleys: Anderson 5-63, Ben Coffman 12-32, Jack Osborn 3-19, Drew Fisher 13-5, Teagan Mast 1-1; Iowa Valley: Kriegel 5-101, Peska 3-96, Hawkins 5-51, Hoyt 3-48, Tyson Kriegel 3-8, Zavier Pedersen 2-8, Carter Koenig 1-1

Passing — English Valleys: Fisher 2-9-4; Iowa Valley: Kriegel 4-5-124

Receiving — English Valleys: Coffman 1-2, Keyden Lown 1-2; Iowa Valley: Bral 1-67, Haack 3-57